Hard/Strategic Infrastructure/Energy Infrastructure

Thermal Generation

Thermal generation refers to the production of electricity from the combustion of fossil fuels, including coal-fired, gas-fired and liquid-fuelled power stations and co-generation plants.
pending/cap/thermal-generation
World mean
8.6
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
0–19
middle half 5.0–12.0
Panel SD
±0.38
round 1 ±1.25 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 19
Established 40
Transitional 30
Foundational 45
Nascent 51
Inception 9

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇺🇸United States Americas 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇮🇹Italy Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇷🇺Russia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
15 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
17 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
18 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
19 🇵🇱Poland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
20 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
22 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.00
23 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
28 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 14 Established ±0.43
29 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
30 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 13 Established ±0.50
31 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.00
32 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇨🇱Chile Americas 13 Established ±0.50
37 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 13 Established ±0.00
38 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
40 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.83
41 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
42 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
43 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 13 Established ±0.43
44 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
45 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.00
46 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
47 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 12 Established ±0.00
48 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 12 Established ±0.71
50 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
51 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
53 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
54 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
55 🇵🇪Peru Americas 12 Established ±0.00
56 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
57 🇷🇴Romania Europe 12 Established ±0.00
58 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
59 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
60 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
61 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 12 Established ±1.00
62 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 12 Established ±0.43
63 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.83
65 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
68 🇵🇦Panama Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
69 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
74 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 10 Transitional ±0.43
76 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 10 Transitional ±1.87
77 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 10 Transitional ±1.12
78 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
80 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 9 Transitional ±0.83
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
85 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
86 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
87 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇲🇹Malta Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
89 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
91 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
92 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
93 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
94 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
95 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
96 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
97 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
98 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
99 🇱🇾Libya Africa 8 Foundational ±0.50
100 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
101 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
102 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
103 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.83
104 🇦🇴Angola Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
106 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
107 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
109 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 7 Foundational ±0.50
110 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
113 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
114 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.50
115 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
116 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
117 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
119 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
121 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
122 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
123 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
128 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
129 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇳🇴Norway Europe 6 Foundational ±1.58
133 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.87
134 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
135 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
136 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇧🇯Benin Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
140 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
141 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
142 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
143 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
146 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
147 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
148 🇳🇪Niger Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
149 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
150 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
152 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.83
155 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇦🇱Albania Europe 4 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇧🇿Belize Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
159 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
160 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 4 Nascent ±0.71
161 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
163 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
166 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
167 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
168 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
169 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
170 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
173 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.71
177 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
179 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
182 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
185 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
186 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
187 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.87
188 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
192 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
193 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
196 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Energy Infrastructure

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Nuclear Generation3.00–19China, France, Russia
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste2.90–19France, Russia
Hydropower7.40–20China
Renewable Generation7.41–20China
Transmission & Distribution10.12–19China
System Control & Dispatch9.51–19United States
Storage & Fuel Supply8.10–19United States